German parliament passes non-binding resolution urging ban of Hezbollah

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December 20, 2019
[[link removed]] [[link removed]] [[link removed]] [[link removed]]All promoters of tolerance should follow France in calling antisemitism by its
name

The World Jewish Congress welcomes French National Assembly's recognition of the
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of
antisemitism. In response to the vote, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S.
Lauder said, “The passage of IHRA definition by the French National Assembly is
a crucial step in the fight against the age-old hatred of antisemitism. For too
long too many have used the excuse that their obsessive criticism of Israel
stands exclusive from their otherwise positive feelings for the Jewish people.
Those days are now over.”
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[[link removed]]WJC condemns desecration of Jewish cemetery in Slovakia

“It has become sadly clear that in the climate of xenophobia and hatred
spiraling across Europe, every minority community is indeed a potential target
for malicious attack,” the WJC said following the incident, in which 60
tombstones in a Jewish cemetery in the northern town of Namestovo, on the border
with Poland.
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[[link removed]]German parliament passes non-binding resolution urging ban of Hezbollah

The law in Germany currently distinguishes between the military wing of
Hezbollah, which it recognizes as a terrorist organization, and the political
wing, which it does not. The Bundestag resolution follows a decision last month
by the Federal Government of Germany to ban Hezbollah, which was welcomed by WJC
President Ronald S. Lauder as “high time that this long overdue and obviously
necessary step was taken.” The World Jewish Congress is urging countries around
the world, as well as the United Nations, to similarly ban Hezbollah.
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[[link removed]]Third international workshop for policymakers on combating antisemitism through
education held in Geneva

The World Jewish Congress, together with UNESCO and the OSCE Office for
Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), UN Special Rapporteur on
Freedom of Religion and Belief, and the Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights, held a high-level workshop on Monday and Tuesday in Geneva, as
part of an ongoing initiative by the World Jewish Congress and UNESCO.
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[[link removed]]Paris appeals court agrees: Killer of Jewish woman not responsible for his
actions because he was too high on marijuana

The court relieved Kobili Traore, 29, of criminal responsibility for his slaying
of Sarah Halimi, whom Traore pummeled for about an hour while shouting about
Allah and calling her a demon before throwing the 60-year-old physician to her
death from the window of her third-story apartment. It did say that the killing
was partly because of antisemitism.
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[[link removed]]British PM Johnson pledges to combat BDS movements and its ‘pseudo-foreign
policy’ against Israel

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Thursday, during the Queen’s
Speech, to introduce legislation to undermine the Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. Outlining his government’s priorities
at the House of Commons, Prime Minister Johnson said his government would work
to stop public bodies from developing “their own pseudo-foreign policy, against
a country which with nauseating frequency turns out to be Israel.”
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[[link removed]]Racist graffiti found at a New York Holocaust Museum

In the last two weeks, the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau
County has been vandalized twice. In the most recent case, swastikas were
discovered on the walls of the center
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[[link removed]]First Muslim Maj.-Gen. in Israel police to the United Nations: "Israel offers
equality"

Jamal Hakroosh, the first Muslim Major General in the Israeli National Police,
represented the Ministry of Public Security and the Israel National Police on
December 4 at the World Conference against Discrimination and Racism at the UN
in Geneva. He delivered a briefing about how the Israel National Police has
supported him professionally and emotionally and how he, in turn, has been able
to help his Arab community.
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[[link removed]] [[link removed]]Time off: Jews of Czechia

In the 12th century, Prague became a major center of Jewish learning. Today the
city's historic Jewish quarter and old Jewish cemetery are part of a UNESCO
World Heritage Site. A beautiful legacy. Learn more about the Jewish community
of Czechia today!


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